ＮＴＴ、政務三役との会食禁止　接待問題で社内ルール整備へ

　ＮＴＴは２６日、総務省幹部への接待問題を受け、利害関係がある政務三役や国家公務員との個別の会食を禁止する方向で、新たに社内ルールを整備すると発表した。違反した場合の罰則も設ける。
　グループ会社を含め、利害関係者との会食や品物の贈与などを行わないと定める方向だ。監督官庁である総務省の大臣や副大臣、政務官のほか、許認可権限を持つ同省職員らが対象となる。利害関係がない人との会食などに関しても整備するという。（2021/03/26-19:59）

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said Friday that it is poised to make new internal rules that will ban meals with lawmakers in the top three posts at the communications ministry and workers and executives with interest at the ministry.
   The move comes after the revelation of a high-profile scandal in which senior officials of the ministry were wined and dined by NTT group executives in a way that violated the ethics code for national civil servants.
   Under the new rules, employees and executives of NTT and group companies will be banned from having meals with and giving gifts to people with interest at the ministry, which overseas telecommunications industry, such as lawmakers in the top three posts--minister, state minister and parliamentary vice minister--and staff with authority to give approval.
   NTT will also draw up rules on meals with people without interest.
   It has come to light that NTT President Jun Sawada and other NTT group executives wined and dined top-post lawmakers and others at the ministry.